Shield for the knees of trousers



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'B. T. OLGOTT.

SHIELD FOR THE KNEES 01E TROUSERS.

No. 341,599. Patented May 11, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

BRAINERD T. OLGOTT, OF KEENE, NE\V HAMPSHIRE.

SHIELD FOR THE KNEES OF TROUSERS.

SP-EGEFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,599, dated May 11, 1886.

Application filed July 8, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BRAINERD T. OLCOTT, of Keene, county of Cheshire, New Hampshire, have invented a new and Improved Shield for the Knees of Trousers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved shield for the knees of trousers to prevent the trousers from bagging at the knees.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereininafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a face view of the shield. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the drawers, trousers, and the shield at the knee portion of the trousers.

A piece, A, ofsheet-rubber, oiled silk, thin oil-cloth,'or any other flexible glossy material, is held on the outer surface of the knee portion of the drawers B or on-theinner surface of the trousers C at the knee portion either by studs D, buttons, or other devices. Thesaid flex- Serial No. 170,957.

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ible material either surrounds the knee en tirely or partly, as may be desired. Itis thus held between the trousers and the drawers and prevents the drawers from clinging to the trousers while bending the knee, and thus prevents the bagging of the trousers at the knee. The material is perforated, so as to permit of a perfect ventilation and to permit the heat of the body to escape.

By the use of the above described shield the perfect fit of the trousers at the knee will be retained and the appearance of the trousers is greatly improved. The shield also removes the strain of the trousers over the knee and upon the suspenders while ascending stairs, sitting, or kneeling.

Havingthus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A sheet of perforated flexible glossy material secured on the inner side of the knee portion oftrousers by means ofbuttons, studs, or other means, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

BR AINERD T. OLCOTT.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK H. XVHITCOMB, J ONAS FRED WHItrcoMn. 

